I bought a motorized TV mount and all documents to the product said it was IR controlled, but it’s not.
I thought it had to be RF since I could use it from behind a door so I bought a Sonoff RF bridge but that didn’t work either (or it uses a different frequency).
So before I go buy something else that doesn’t work, how can I figure out the technology used?
I have already tried asking the seller/manufacturer but they are too ignorant and lazy.
I have asked if they could sell me another remote or just send me one since they f… it up for me but they just want me to return the mount instead since they are too lazy to do anything.
Because the manual states you need to push a button on the mount to pair/mate/use it with another remote.
There would be no reason for that to exist if it was RF. Well it could but…
Tried it yesterday for a little while but I don’t think it’s bluetooth.
Or there was something with hardware/software.
The software claimed it saw my old phone that has been switched off for months.
And only when I asked windows to scan for bluetooth devices did it find some more.
But not the remote.
And I’m not sure the computer has Low energy capabilities. Maybe the remote is LE?
I could see some mentions of LE looking in the control panel of windows but not sure if that is windows has LE or the hardware has LE.
I’ll see if I can find the antenna and try and use that.
As I see it K1, K7, K8 and K9 seems to have a common ground.
So with that in mind I figured the way to trigger the remote was to ground the pins on the board.
Some of the pins “do” something but not sure what.
One of them just makes the LED light up and one makes the TV mount beep.
But I can’t find any that makes it move.
Is there an FCC # on the back? If you look that # up, it will provide the frequency. I have a crappy ceiling fan that is using an RF remote and I couldn’t get my Bond Hub to link. I had to manually add it and that FCC # was crucial.
It does not have any FCC label.
I have a feeling remotes (and other “stuff”) has to declare it’s frequency in manual and/or product over here in EU too. But it seems these has not.
if it’s 2.4 GHz and the my computer didn’t find the bluetooth signal that could mean it’s either not bluetooth at all, or that it’s LE and my computer does not support that.
Either way now I just need to solder on two optocouplers to control it.
And figure out a way to know the TV’s current state.
I got distance and accelerometer to choose from as far as I know. Or am I missing something?
I never said it was Bluetooth. 2.4GHz is unlicensed spectrum. Bluetooth and WiFi are 2 things that operate in that spectrum, along with tons of other things.
The links I found tell you everything you need to know about it. “low-power, high-bandwidth wireless UART module operating in 2.4GHz ISM band.”
